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Dude do you want to kill that thing(staraptor) or what??
Brave Bird + ReckLess + Life orb = Death of a bird .
Remove the life orb and your staraptor is Complete .
Ability :Reckless
Close Combat (Eliminate Ice and Rock disadvantage )
Brave Bird (STAB,Reckless)
Double-Edge (STAB , Reckless)
Steel Wing / U-turn (Variety) - Go for U-turn .
Almost the same moveset but what can I do you are awesome at analysing advantages and weaknesses of a pokemon .

**I go with staraptor because archeops' ability ruins things easily and staraptor has a more than reliable speed and Attack .
Just remove life orb else it will become too risky .

Instead , why not blaze in glory and hold on to your life ??
Staraptor without life orb is also enough to beat most opponents just that it is already taking enough recoil so come on we gotta let the bird live !!

Actually, Archeops ability doesn't have much effect on it. This is due to the fact that Archeops has such poor defenses, meaning most hits will OHKO it. However, it has excellent sweeping stats, so it can hopefully OHKO the foe first. It is quite good in this manner. You'll want EVs to be 252 Attack, 252 Speed, and 4 HP.

I just found a solution to his ability! In double battles have him with a pokemon that can learn skill swap like Reuniclus or Mewtwo. Then, if you want, skill swap with Archeops so your pokemon with skill swap has Defeatist. Then switch that pokemon with another, so now Archeops doesnt have his bad ability anymore.

Archeops has 5 weaknesses compared to Staraptor's 3. It doesn't get great coverage from its movepool unlike Staraptor. Staraptor doesn't have as good of stats but it's much more reliable than Archeops. At best you can OHK 1-2 pokemon before your opponent switches into something that will destroy it. Besides, there are plenty of pokemon that can do what Archeops does better than it can. Staraptor is better because it can work in more situations than Archeops, whos effectiveness depends on the opposing teams' setup.